Knowledge on genomics is crucial for the understanding, sustainable exploitation and management of the marine environment. Organised by EMBRC-France this course will give insight into population, environmental, comparative and functional genomics through lectures, case studies and computer labs.

The second issue of a newsletter for Ireland’s marine biotechnology community and beyond was published on 2nd September 2013.

This newsletter is prepared at the National University of Ireland Galway by the Marine Biotechnology Research Coordination Unit. It is a community resource that provides information on the latest Marine Biotechnology publications and news as well as upcoming events in the field.

This initiative, funded by the Marine Institute, is a collaboration across the marine biotechnology research community on the island of Ireland.

The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7 /2007-2013) under grant agreement no 266055. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the European Union cannot be held responsible for any use which maybe made of the information contained therein.